Small Business Trends Keeping employees happy and healthy is good for business: You get more tasks completed if the people doing the work aren’t ill or tired. Some people love having a company-funded chance for personal development, while others prefer the options for flexible hours or 401(k)s. To narrow down what job perks resonate the strongest, we asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council.READ MORE

Recruiting TrendsHow much does it cost the average company when open job positions remain unfilled for 12 weeks or longer? Almost $1 million a year, according to a pair of CareerBuilder surveys. The surveys found that the average cost HR managers say they incur for having extended job vacancies is more than $800,000 annually. Nearly 60 percent of the employers surveyed report that they have job openings that stay vacant for 12 weeks or longer.READ MORE

New York PostContrary to what many think, millennials do know how to hold down a job.
Millennial workers are as likely to stay with their current employers as members of Generation X were when they were young adults back in 2000, according to a report released this week by the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit think-tank based in Washington, DC. Roughly 63 percent of millennials had been with their employer 13 months or more as of last years, versus 60 percent of Generation-Xers in 2000.READ MORE

Fast CompanyNew York's Gov. Cuomo is a big fan of Glossier's Boy Brow, Balm Dotcom, Milky Jelly Cleanser and any of the products that have helped turn the NYC-based online beauty company into a tiny jobs titan. While the governor doesn't typically report on beauty news, he just announced that Glossier is expanding, adding 282 jobs to the city and moving its headquarters into a massive 26,000-square-foot space in One SoHo Square. READ MORE

Baltimore Business JournalThe manufacturing industry is in flux. Workforce data shows that the types of people working in manufacturing are changing, as are the skills they need.
The ADP Research Institute Q4 Workforce Vitality Report shows that despite the decline in manufacturing jobs, the role of the factory worker will not disappear. It will, instead, change.READ MORE

North Bay Business JournalThe national unemployment rate has been dropping every year since 2010 and is currently at a low 4.5 percent.
For employers, that low number equals big competition on the hiring front. It’s time to take a good look at hiring and recruiting practices to make sure you’re doing all you can to attract and swiftly hire the most talented candidates.
Here are six hiring strategies you can employ now.READ MORE

New York Daily News A new city jobs program has already placed hundreds of New Yorkers in good tech jobs, Mayor de Blasio said.
The NYC Tech Talent Pipeline — which de Blasio created in 2014 — links schools and students with the city’s booming tech sector via internships and job training.
And since then, 372 residents have landed starter jobs with hot tech companies that pay average salaries of $53,000 a year, de Blasio administration officials said.READ MORE

Recruiting TrendsEvery year, hundreds of millions of applications are submitted for jobs, and the overwhelming majority of them are rejected. The reaction of individuals who aren't selected can range from indifference to rage. Thanks to new tools now available that can correlate candidate dissatisfaction to bottom-line results, employers are becoming more aware of the business benefits of treating candidates fairly and respectfully. Disappointed candidates are an inevitable byproduct of the recruiting process, but candidates who feel they've been treated unfairly are particularly toxic. READ MORE

FortuneNew applications for U.S. jobless benefits rose slightly more than expected last week, but a drop in the number of Americans on unemployment rolls to a 17-year low suggested the labor market continues to tighten.READ MORE